From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Feb 18 14: 0:48 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7D1C37B401 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2003 14:00:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.comcast.net (smtp.comcast.net [24.153.64.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4161243F3F for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2003 14:00:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from terrydunlap@netzero.net) Received: from barney (pcp246633pcs.howard01.md.comcast.net [68.55.64.60]) by mtaout04.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.09 (built Jan 7 2003)) with SMTP id <0HAI009KEYH91E@mtaout04.icomcast.net> for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2003 17:00:45 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 17:01:58 -0500 From: Terry J Dunlap Jr Subject: Ports & Sources Server To: FreeBSD Newbies Message-id: <000901c2d799$5be5f340$0201a8c0@barney> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi all! I currently use multiple machines at home running FreeBSD. I've been in the habit of updating the ports collection and /usr/src on each machine individually. I know there's a more efficient way to do this. I have an old Pentium I machine. Is it possible to use this machine as a simple file server where I can update the ports collection and /usr/src then "push" it out to my other machines? By that, I mean once the file server is updated, some type of script runs that automatically updates the other machines' ports and /usr/src? Is this even doable? I don't know. Link's to articles/web sites that might explain this would be great. Also, is there a specific term for what I'm trying to achieve? Thanks for your time! Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message